James Bovard

Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles admits that voters no matter which party wins the presidency in November. Now if only he added a little drawing in the right-hand corner showing Ron Paul or the Libertarian Party saying, “Told you so!”

The New Yorker is having a cartoon caption contest based on Romney’s head on Easter Island. Deadline for entries is this weekend. Submit your entries at their website here. The real issue is – how much strings did Romney operatives pull to make sure there were no Ron Paul profiles in this competition?

I suspect that this may be the only way that Americans would notice the danger of drones. [great Weyant cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker.  I think this may be based on a classic Sam Gross cartoon.] James Bovard Twitter @jimbovard

According to press reports, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is relying on Matthew Scully (among others) to craft tonight’s speech to the GOP convention. Scully is a talented writer but would never be accused of libertarian tendencies. Here is a 1999 review he wrote on Freedom in Chains for National Review. Don’t worry about […]

Talk show mastermind Brian Wilson and I discussed the 20th anniversary of Ruby Ridge on WSPD this afternoon. Unfortunately, former FBI director Louis Freeh was not available to join us for the show. (He has a previous engagement flacking for the Iranian terrorist group MEK.) You can listen or download the 20 minute MP3 by […]

But as long as people are permitted to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” as they go over the cliff, they are still free. Another Non Sequitor masterpiece from Wiley…

Today is the 20th anniversary of the killing of Vicki Weaver. Following is an article I wrote on this back in 1995, followed by the response from FBI director Louis Freeh, which claimed that I “grossly mischaracterized” the details of Vicki Weaver’s killing. I wonder how much controversy such a killing would excite nowadays. It […]